alvin r asked:
I have a 10 month old lab/hound mix… not sure what type of hound, we rescued her from a shelter 6 months ago. Ever since we’ve gotten her, she’s been in the crate at night and during the day when we’re at work. We’ve just moved into a brand new home and for almost a month now, our puppy’s been staying in our laundry room upstairs, without her crate, barracaded with a baby gate. Until recently we haven’t had any issues. But twice in the past week, we’ve come home and found holes in the walls of the laundry room… with drywall all over her mouth and in her claws! We leave treats in her kong, at least three other chew toys, and we leave the radio on. We do excercise her when it’s not raining outside, and even if it is, we still play fetch indoors. What are we supposed to do?
I have a 10 month old lab/hound mix… not sure what type of hound, we rescued her from a shelter 6 months ago. Ever since we’ve gotten her, she’s been in the crate at night and during the day when we’re at work. We’ve just moved into a brand new home and for almost a month now, our puppy’s been staying in our laundry room upstairs, without her crate, barracaded with a baby gate. Until recently we haven’t had any issues. But twice in the past week, we’ve come home and found holes in the walls of the laundry room… with drywall all over her mouth and in her claws! We leave treats in her kong, at least three other chew toys, and we leave the radio on. We do excercise her when it’s not raining outside, and even if it is, we still play fetch indoors. What are we supposed to do?
he’s teething, my puppy does it too.
Put her back in the crate. My lab use to tear up my carpet when I was gone no matter how many toys I left him to chew on.
I wound muzzle that mut,or pawn it off on a relative you don’t care for.
Sounds to me like she is bored, she is going to be a big dog and will need exercise every day regardless of the weather, might be time to put her back in the crate during the day if you have to leave her.
Give it more freedom during the day. If the laundry room is close to an outside wall, install a doggy door. Or if it goes into the garage, install a doggy door there as well.
She may frustrated and stressed from her new environment. Or there may be a dead animal in the wall? hmmm…and some dogs just need a lot of attention. You may need to make even more time to excercise with her and I would definatley enroll in a training course. If you do not have enough time for her you may consider fostering her until she can find a home where she will get more attention. If you are dedicated though keep trying! Good luck and woof! All the best, JB
Sounds like you gave her too much freedom too soon and she’s not mature enough to handle it. I’d go back to crating her for a while. I’d also probably use one of those anti-chewing sprays you can get a Petsmart or Petco on the walls for the next time you decide to let her try out some freedom. Other than that, it sounds like you’re doing it just right – leaving her in a small area (that can increase as she keeps proving herself mature enough to handle it), giving her toys, kongs, and radio. It just sounds like she’s not quite ready.
Oh, and don’t repair the wall until you know she won’t chew it anymore. It’ll end up costing you more to keep repairing it over and over.
You should try not to leave her on her own for too long. She is obviously intelligent and is getting bored on her own. BTW she will still need exercising whatever the weather. It is not fair on a dog from a working background to be kept shut up inside and, after all, both labs and hounds are working breeds.
Hope you can find a solution.
maybe your pup is teething or it could be bored and not like been left on its own and would like alot of attention
find some1 who can doggy-sit,
4 the poor puppys sake.
ur not going 2 like this
but ur leaving her 4 far 2 long!
she’s a puppy.
u r supposed 2 accept her, faults all!
sorry but please 4 her sanity, find a solution that doesn’t involve leaving her alone all day.
Aw, bless her, she’s trying to dig her way out to find you!. You have shown her much love and care, then off you go out. Although you leave toys etc for her to play with, she is lonely and bored. See how excited she is when you get home, she gets the attention then, but when you’re out,who is she to play with?. It’s sometimes difficult to know what to do, but i emapthise with dogs alone, i think how i would feel shut up in a room with a few toys!. I always recommend getting another dog to keep each other company. Hope all goes well with your dog.
Hi there maybe you should try bitter spry there not expensive and not harm full to your puppy that might stop her biting the wall. But don’t think that will work with the scratching the best way to stop her would be to catch her in the act timing is every thing. Maybe you could pretend to go out and wait to see if she does it. If you catch her doing it, tell her no! firmly and punish her by spraining her with water on her or a loud noise. hope that helps
my dog use to chew the corners on the skirting board we managed to stop this by smearing mustard on the skirting board and giving her a rawhide bone to gnaw on as well
teething most props.
LMAO! this reminds me of my puppy too! he had always been in the crate, until he started behaving realy well. we have just bought a new house too. the painters came the day before to do the finishing touches, n we left our dog out the day after. he was good the first day., bt the 2nd day he had scratched most of the inside of the door. we tried again, n he had made a hole through the wall!!! he also had lots of chews and toys and a bed in there. bascaily wat we did was buy this spray that dogs dont like, n spray it on the wall and the door, n whereever else u dont want him to bite. u can get these sprays at all pet shops im pretty sure, its an anti-chewing spray basically. my dog stoppped n hes been good. good luck 2 u!
If you got her from a rescue centre then you don’t really know her inital up bringing so it could be a behavioural issue. This behaviour is normally due to teething and bordem.A dog like yours needs alot of mental and physical excercise regardless of the weather so make sure she has a good run before you leave her. You can also get sprays to put on walls etc to detare the chewing behaviour or even put pepper around the area as the smell will put her off. If it gets too bad then talk to your vet about behavioural issues. My border did exactly the same at her age but grew out of it,she’s 8 now,and leaving the radio on helped. It may also be a good idea to leave her with rawhide chews and bones when you leave her. That way she’ll have something nice to chew and it’ll give her jaw excercise whilst lowering bordem when on her own.
the pup is teethin when my dog was teethin i put musterd on the walls and she soon stopped. but the dog would say may just be gettin bored left all on its own!! leave the dog a jumper or somthing of yours with your sent on it!!
its because he is bored get him some pigs ears to chew or something from the pet shop i never go out without leaving some sort of dog chew for my dogs to chew and ive never had anything damaged by them they get so bored they will chew at anything so always give him something to chew on how would you feel if you where shut in a room all day
She’s a baby still, and you are leaving her for too long on her own – also crating her for basically 24 hours a day would send any dog mental – she is basically in dog prison – also, getting a dog means you get a hat, a raincoat and a scarf for both of you – don’t be fair weather walker get off your backside and walk the poor thing – she at least will get stimulation outside and get some fresh air. If you could not commit the time and energy to a dog you should not have got one – perhaps you should consider looking for a new home for her. Sorry to be so harsh, honestly I just worry about your dog and her sanity.
You should never have got yourself a dog. It’s being left far too long. I do hope that you’re in the UK. Because after April this year, when the Animal Wefare legislation is updated, someone will be able to prosecute you for cruelty and neglect. It’s good to know that, at long last, any pet owner, keeping a dog in less than fair conditions, can have their pet taken away from them. I don’t have an issue with people who work. But they should, like me get that covered. I have a dog sitter from 9am to 4pm, so they are not left without human contact. You are so stupid and inconsiderate. Why don’t people think through all the issues before taking on these responsibilities?
Put her in her crate! Your dog should stay in a confined area when you can’t be there to watch it. But they also make a spray to deter a dog from chewing on things. One of my dogs hates the stuff, wont go near it. The other dog thinks the bitter apple spray is fantastic and will lick it off the floor. They have a few different variaties though, find one that deters.
Hey…. I have a cross staff he is 8 and a half months old and he chews holes in my walls and takes stuff from the house to his bed and chews them there…. He gets pigs ears troter knuckle bones everything u can think of i give him then he chews them til they are all gone he likes all the sprays i have used and mustard there doesnt seem to be anything he doesnt like to be honest… He lives like a king and yet he still takes the p****…. He chews his beds to bits and wee’s on it he just really works himself i dont know what to do am at my wits end please help me